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Fair Value Measurements | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Fair Value Measurements | 2. Fair Value Measurements As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, TDS did not have any financial or nonfinancial assets or liabilities that were required to be recorded at fair value in its Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with GAAP. However, TDS has applied the provisions of fair value accounting for purposes of computing the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes as displayed below.
|  |  | Level within the Fair Value Hierarchy |  | March 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
|  |  |  | Book Value |  | Fair Value |  | Book Value |  | Fair Value
(Dollars in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1 |  | $ | 872,910 |  | $ | 872,910 |  | $ | 830,014 |  | $ | 830,014
Short-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. Treasury Notes | 1 |  |  | 40,056 |  |  | 40,056 |  |  | 50,104 |  |  | 50,104
Long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Retail | 1 |  |  | 1,178,250 |  |  | 1,170,617 |  |  | 1,178,250 |  |  | 1,048,010
| Institutional and other | 2 |  |  | 537,408 |  |  | 536,843 |  |  | 537,454 |  |  | 512,635
Short-term investments are designated as held-to-maturity investments and recorded at amortized cost in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Long-term debt excludes capital lease obligations and the current portion of Long-term debt. The fair values of Cash and cash equivalents and Short-term investments approximate their book values due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments. The fair value of “Retail” L ong-term debt was estim ated using market prices for TDS' 7.0% S enior N otes, 6.875% S enior N otes, 6.625% S enior N otes and 5.875% Senior Notes, and U.S. Cellular's 6.9 5% S enior N otes. TDS' institutional debt includes U.S. Cellular's 6.7% Senior Notes which are traded over the counter. TDS estimated the fair value of its institutional and other debt through a discounted cash flow analysis using the interest rates or estimated yield to maturity for each borrowing, which ranged from 0.00% to 6.91% at March 31, 2014.

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